The Drug Enforcement Administration issued an extension to a temporary rule that allows for controlled medication to be prescribed via telehealth. 

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DEA Extends Temporary Telehealth Rules

And speaking of health, there's good news for people who use telemedicine services. The US drug enforcement administration issued an extension to a temporary rule that allows for a controlled medication to be prescribed via telehealth. The extension was passed for a second time since it was set up during the pandemic. The temporary rules allows doctors to prescribe controlled medications. They include meds used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, drugs for opioid use disorder as well as anxiety without patients having to come in for an in person visit before the pandemic patients were required to have at least one in person medical examination before a doctor could prescribe these medications. The extension is through December 31 of 2024 Chris and you and I were covering obviously the pandemic here at chatter and we saw that growth of telehealth medicine. Yeah, certainly. I think that there is definitely a benefit to it. I think personally for me, I still want to see my doctor in person for my annual for blood work and other things. But I guess you can go to a lab for blood work where I think it is really helpful, especially in rural areas where there's just not a lot of access, easy, near access to doctors. And so I expect we'll see more of it down the road. I'm so glad you said that. That's what I was thinking too in those areas that sometimes it's not even easy for people to go to the doctors or get a ride. My concern with this is just safety privacy, just making sure, you know, those things as long as that's in place I'm with you. I think this is the future and it could be very beneficial to patients.